La Vela Surname
Approximately 138 people bear this surname
La Vela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Italy | 134 | 1:456,393 | 48,240 |
| Spain | 18 | 1:2,597,335 | 59,996 |
| Venezuela | 2 | 1:15,102,038 | 69,873 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
La Vela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name La Vela Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname La Vela is found most in Italy. It may be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name La Vela? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,511,557th most frequently used surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 52,808,304 people. It is primarily found in Europe, where 111 percent of La Vela are found; 110 percent are found in Southwestern Europe and 97 percent are found in Italic Europe.
The last name is most commonly held in Italy, where it is borne by 134 people, or 1 in 456,393. In Italy La Vela is most prevalent in: Sicily, where 90 percent live, Lombardy, where 5 percent live and Emilia-Romagna, where 3 percent live. Without taking into account Italy it exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Spain, where 13 percent live and Venezuela, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| La Veglia | 88 | 240 | / |
| La Bela | 86 | 2 | / |
| La Wela | 86 | 1 | / |
| La Viola | 80 | 301 | / |
| La Valla | 80 | 33 | / |
| La Veglio | 75 | 3 | / |
| La Vailla | 75 | 2 | / |
| La Huelga | 75 | 1 | / |
| La Veille | 75 | 1 | / |
| lo Veglia | 75 | 1 | / |
| Le Vely | 71 | 56 | / |
| La Bele | 71 | 2 | / |
| La Wala | 71 | 1 | / |
| Le Veler | 67 | 33 | / |
| La Vallo | 67 | 1 | / |
| La-Viola | 67 | 1 | / |
| La Belee | 67 | 1 | / |
| La Valey | 67 | 0 | / |
| La Valley | 63 | 171 | / |
| Le Veille | 63 | 16 | / |
| Le Veillo | 63 | 15 | / |
| La Vaille | 63 | 1 | / |
| Le Vealet | 63 | 0 | / |
| Le-Vely | 57 | 2 | / |
| lo Belo | 57 | 1 | / |
| Le Vély | 57 | 1 | / |
| Le Véler | 53 | 2 | / |
| La Foley | 53 | 2 | / |
| lo Valio | 53 | 1 | / |
| Le Voile | 53 | 1 | / |
| La Filho | 53 | 1 | / |
| La Baili | 53 | 1 | / |
| lo Vallo | 53 | 1 | / |
| Le Valley | 50 | 33 | / |
| La-Valley | 50 | 1 | / |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to La Vela
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